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Sunrise & sunset times today

Choose a city and a date to see sunrise, sunset, hours of daylight, solar noon and twilight — plus how the days grow longer or shorter over the next two weeks.

City
Date

Sunrise and sunset in LondonFriday, 13 November 2026

Sunrise
07:15
Dawn 06:39
Sunset
16:16
Dusk 16:52
Daylight
9h 00m
−3m vs the day before
Solar noon
11:46
Sun at its highest

Next 14 days in London

DateSunriseSunsetHours of daylightChange
today07:1516:169h 00m−3m
07:1716:148h 57m−3m
07:1916:138h 54m−3m
07:2116:128h 51m−3m
07:2216:108h 48m−3m
07:2416:098h 45m−3m
07:2616:088h 42m−3m
07:2716:078h 39m−3m
07:2916:058h 36m−3m
07:3116:048h 34m−3m
07:3216:038h 31m−3m
07:3416:028h 28m−3m
07:3616:018h 26m−3m
07:3716:008h 23m−2m

Local time in London (Europe/London), daylight saving time included. Accurate to about one minute.

Sunrise and sunset in major cities today

Local times for . Click a city to see its details above.

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
06:4116:4110h 00m
06:2516:5210h 27m
06:3816:339h 54m
07:1016:569h 46m
06:4417:5911h 15m
05:1518:2813h 13m
07:1516:169h 00m
08:0915:557h 45m
07:5717:159h 18m
07:2516:188h 53m
07:5017:499h 59m
05:1218:3313h 21m
06:3517:3310h 58m
06:4518:0211h 16m
06:1817:4911h 31m
06:4818:5212h 04m
06:3517:4211h 07m
07:1017:2410h 15m
06:1516:3810h 22m
05:4619:3413h 48m
06:0620:0614h 00m

Sunrise, sunset and daylight hours explained

What time is sunrise today? It depends on three things: where you are on Earth (latitude and longitude), the date, and your time zone. The sunrise and sunset times on this page are calculated for each city's coordinates using the solar position equations published by NOAA, and shown in local clock time — so daylight saving time is always included.

Why day length changes through the year

The Earth's axis is tilted about 23.4°. As the planet orbits the Sun, each hemisphere leans towards the Sun for half the year, giving long summer days, and away for the other half, giving short winter days. The change is fastest around the spring and autumn equinoxes (around 20 March and 22 September), when places like London or New York gain or lose two to four minutes of daylight every day. Around the summer and winter solstices the day length barely changes from one day to the next.

Latitude makes the biggest difference

Near the equator — Singapore, Nairobi, Bogotá — there are about 12 hours of daylight all year. Further from the equator the seasons get extreme: Oslo has close to 19 hours of daylight at midsummer and under 6 hours in December, while Reykjavik sees barely 4 hours of sun at the winter solstice. North of the Arctic Circle the Sun does not set at all in summer (the midnight sun) and does not rise in winter (polar night). The southern hemisphere has the opposite pattern: Sydney, Melbourne and Buenos Aires have their longest days in December.

Twilight, golden hour and solar noon

The sky is light before sunrise and after sunset. Civil twilight — when the Sun is less than 6° below the horizon — is shown as dawn and dusk above. Photographers often plan around the golden hour, roughly the first and last hour of sunlight, when light is soft and warm. Solar noon is when the Sun is highest; it can be well after 12:00 in places with daylight saving time or wide time zones, such as Spain or western China.

Planning with sunrise and sunset times

Use the 14-day table to plan runs, hikes, photography, fishing trips or prayer times, and the major cities list to compare daylight around the world. For the current time in each city, see the world clock; to see when clocks change, check the time zones page and the 2026 and 2027 calendars with week numbers.

Sunrise and sunset questions, answered

How are sunrise and sunset times defined?

Sunrise and sunset are the moments the upper edge of the Sun touches the horizon. Because the atmosphere bends sunlight, this happens when the Sun's centre is about 0.83° below the horizon — the standard definition used by NOAA and national almanacs.

What is civil twilight?

Civil twilight is the period when the Sun is between 0° and 6° below the horizon. It is usually light enough to be outdoors without artificial light. Civil dawn is the start of morning twilight and civil dusk is the end of evening twilight.

What is solar noon?

Solar noon is the moment the Sun is highest in the sky. It is rarely exactly 12:00 on the clock because of time zone boundaries, daylight saving time and the Earth's elliptical orbit.

When is the longest day of the year?

In the northern hemisphere the longest day is the June solstice, around 20–21 June. In the southern hemisphere — Sydney, Johannesburg, Buenos Aires — the longest day is the December solstice, around 21–22 December.

Why are there almost 12 hours of daylight near the equator all year?

At the equator the Sun's path crosses the horizon almost vertically and day length changes very little with the seasons. Singapore, Nairobi and Bogotá have roughly 12 hours of daylight every day of the year.

What are midnight sun and polar night?

North of the Arctic Circle (and south of the Antarctic Circle) the Sun stays above the horizon for 24 hours around midsummer — the midnight sun — and does not rise at all around midwinter, known as polar night.

How accurate are these sunrise and sunset times?

Times are calculated from the Sun's position using the NOAA solar equations for each city's coordinates, accurate to about one minute. Local terrain, buildings and weather can shift the moment you actually see the Sun by a few minutes.